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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2016-04-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Main aspects and basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and the common security and defence policy (Article 36 TEU) (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20160412.48.2-957-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2016-04-12-Speech-2-958-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Geoffrey Van Orden2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I shall confine my remarks to CSDP, and I must say from the outset that the ECR Group attaches great importance to the transatlantic Alliance, to NATO; indeed that attachment is among our founding principles. The EU, however, seems to imagine that it is bearing the world’s problems on its shoulders, minimising the effort of others. In fact, in the military field, the European Union has no special requirements and no capabilities different to NATO. There is no need for the European Union to be militarily involved, and it is a complete distortion to imagine that CSDP might somehow reinforce NATO. It could complement NATO with civil capabilities, but this ignores the very reasons for CSDP: to create autonomous European military structures and decision-making processes in which the United States is not involved, and to make the EU an actor on the world stage. Actually, this obsession with CSDP is a distraction from NATO at the very time when the Alliance needs fresh vitality and commitment in the face of some very real threats. And I have to say: why is it that just four European countries are engaged with the United States and its other allies in the battle against ISIS when ISIS is shown to be the most immediate threat to European security and our wellbeing? Instead of the continental European countries investing in increased defence capabilities and showing real political resolve, they prefer the pretence of military activity offered by the EU and they mislead the United States into imagining that European allies are thereby pulling their weight."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; PECH (2014-07-01--2016-12-12)3 member; AFET (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 member; SEDE (2014-07-01--2017-01-18)3 substitute; LIBE (2015-12-15--2017-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Geoffrey Van Orden,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group"1
lpv:videoURI	<go to Events_and_structure europarl>2

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